Group of women and children with alleged ISIL ties returns to Australia
Key takeaways
- Australian Federal Police have not made any arrests but say inquiries are ongoing.
- The six women and 13 children arrived from a Syrian refugee camp on Tuesday, with one group landing in Sydney and the other in Melbourne.
- It is the second cohort of Australian women and children to return from Syria this month.
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Australian Federal Police have not made any arrests but say inquiries are ongoing.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Members of Australian families believed to be linked to ISIL fighters wait to leave the Roj camp near Derik, Syria [File: Orhan Qereman/Reuters]By Daniel Khalili-Tari and Reuters Published On 27 May 202627 May 2026A group of 19 women and children with alleged links to ISIL (ISIS) has returned to Australia, with the government warning that anyone found to have engaged in criminal activity will be prosecuted.
The six women and 13 children arrived from a Syrian refugee camp on Tuesday, with one group landing in Sydney and the other in Melbourne.